[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR456.134]



[Page 347]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 456_UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart C_Utilization Control: Hospitals

 

Sec.  456.134  Description of methods and criteria: Subsequent continued



stay review dates; length of stay modification.



    The UR plan must describe--

    (a) The methods and criteria, including norms if used, that the 

committee uses to assign subsequent continued stay review dates under 

Sec.  456.133; and

    (b) The methods that the committee uses to modify an approved length 

of stay when the recipient's condition or treatment schedule changes.